Amherst College in Massachusetts Hires Seven New Women Assistant Professors

Katharine Correia has been named an assistant professor of statistics. She was a teaching assistant at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Correia holds a bachelor’s degree in statistics from Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, a master’s degree in biostatistics from Boston University, and a Ph.D. in biostatistics from Harvard University.

Amy Coddington has been named an assistant professor of American music. She spent the last year as a visiting professor at Amherst. Dr. Coddington holds a bachelor’s degree in music and mathematics from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, and a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.

Mona Oraby has been named an assistant professor of law, jurisprudence, and social thought. She was serving as a visiting professor at Amherst. Dr. Oraby holds a bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

Karamatou Yacoubou Djima has been named an assistant professor of mathematics. She holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the College of Staten Island of the City University of New York. She earned a master’s degree and Ph.D. both in applied mathematics and statistics and scientific computation from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Amalia Culiuc has been named an assistant professor of mathematics. She was the Jack K. Hale Visiting Assistant Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. Dr. Culiuc holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and economics from Mount Holyoke College and a master’s degree and Ph.D. both in mathematics from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

Jakina Debnam has been named an assistant professor of economics. She is a graduate of Brown University where she majored in applied mathematics and economics. Dr. Debnam recently completed her Ph.D. in applied economics at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Katerina Ragkousi has been named an assistant professor of biology. She was a postdoctoral researcher at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Kansas City, Missouri. Dr. Ragkousi holds a bachelor’s degree in molecular and cellular biology from the University of London, a master’s degree in applied molecular microbiology from the University of Nottingham in England, and a Ph.D. in genetics and molecular biology from the University of Connecticut.